As the all-time leading scorer at Canton High, Lauren Berman is a proven offensive threat on the soccer pitch. She’s shown it early this season at Boston College, where the midfielder has a pair of goals for the Eagles (3-0-1), including the score in a 1-1 tie against Arizona State.

Berman, a junior sociology and computer science major, has already nearly matched last year’s output of three goals.

A 2013 graduate of Canton High, Berman was a three-time Hockomock League MVP and finished her career with 136 goals and 44 assists. She started her college career at Maryland, where she scored three goals with five assists as a freshman. But after a concussion that forced her to miss all but five games of her sophomore campaign, she transferred to BC.

She started all 20 regular-season games for the Eagles last year.

Q. What are the prospects for this season?

A. We have had a strong start to our season. We have a large freshman class, and I think we have done a great job coming together as a team. Our overarching goal is to win the whole thing, but we are taking it one game at a time.

Q. Your first goal of the season was a big one. Can you describe the goal?

A. It was against Arizona State and was a great team goal. The ball started with our center backs and goalkeeper, who played two quick touch passes together moving the ball up the field while combining with the forwards. Then one of our defenders played a great ball to our outside back, Gaby ­Carreiro, who made a run up the line. She played an unbelievable cross, and I was just there for the finish. The goal was a tremendous team effort and a pattern play that we had been taught at practice.

Q. Can you describe your role on the team?

A. As an attacking midfielder, there are both defensive and offensive roles that need to be fulfilled. A few specific jobs that my role entails are to make sure that passing lines are cut off, loose balls are fought for and won, combination play with the forwards, and simply keeping possession.

Q. What is the biggest asset you bring to the team?

A. I think work rate is my greatest asset. I really hate losing the ball, and if/when I do, I work hard to gain it back immediately. If my teammates are having off-days or are unhappy with how they are playing, the one piece of advice I try to always give them is that choosing to work hard is one thing that can always be controlled.

Q. What was behind your decision to transfer from Maryland?

A. I sustained a severe concussion my sophomore year at Maryland, causing me to redshirt the season. When I returned in the spring [at Maryland] I received another concussion. The head injuries causing me to sit out played a major role in wanting to transfer to a school closer to home. Some of my very good friends that I grew up playing club soccer with played at BC, and the fact the program was in the [Atlantic Coast Conference], drove me to come home.

Q. Do you have any pregame rituals that you follow?

A. I put my shin guards, cleats, and socks on the same way before every game.

Q. How difficult is it to balance academics while playing a sport at a Division 1 program like BC?

A. There are so many resources available to us as student-athletes to help us. Balancing academics while playing a sport can be difficult, but a hectic schedule forces you to become organized and do things in the time that you are given, which I personally benefit from.

Q. If you could sit down for dinner with one person, who would that be and why?

A. Jon Stewart because he is incredibly intelligent and hilarious.

JOHN JOHNSON

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